Baltimore Black Sox

Bernard McKenna is an English professor at the University of Delaware.

“McKenna’s magnum opus is yet another jewel in a long line of McFarland’s outstanding Negro League team chronicles.”—SABR Deadball Era Committee Newsletter

• Table of ContentsPreface1. Baltimore, Baseball and Race in the Athletic Revival2. The Foundations: 1905–123. The Baltimore Black Sox: 1913–174. “Brains and Money”: 1917–205. “We have kept our promise to you”: 1921–226. “On the map for colored baseball”: 1923–267. Building a Champion: 1927–318. The Now Extinct Baltimore Black Sox: 1932–369. “Called on account of darkness”Appendix: Black Sox Team Records, 1913–36Chapter NotesBibliographyIndex